1869–70 college soccer season
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Princeton 8–0 Rutgers
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The 1869–70 college soccer season was the fourth season of intercollegiate soccer in the United States. While played using improvised rules resembling American football and rugby, it is also considered one of the first ever college soccer seasons. The 1869 season consisted of only two total games, both of which occurred between Rutgers University and Princeton University; The first was played on November 6 at Rutgers' campus, and the second was played on November 13 at Princeton's campus. The games are also considered the first ever college football games.
Matches played
There were only two matches played between two different universities during the season, both between teams from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).{{cite web |url=http://www.historyoffootball.net/ |title=Home |website=historyoffootball.net}}{{cite web|title=1800s |work=Rutgers Through The Years |publisher=Rutgers University |url=http://ruweb.rutgers.edu/timeline/1800.htm |accessdate=2007-05-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120202924/http://ruweb.rutgers.edu/timeline/1800.htm |archivedate=2007-01-20 }} Rutgers won the game by a score of 6–4.{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/princeton/yearly_results.php?year=1869 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=April 4, 2011 |first=David |last=DeLassus |title=Princeton Yearly Results (1869) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213111825/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/princeton/yearly_results.php?year=1869 |archivedate=February 13, 2010 }}
In addition to being considered one of the earlier soccer games reported in the United States, these two games are considered to be the first organized American college football games to ever be played.Carzo, Rocco J. "Jumbo Footprints: A History of Tufts Athletics", Medford, MA: Tufts University Gallery, 2005; summarized in [http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/612/2004/09/27/AnotherPassAtHistory Another 'Pass' At History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112160921/http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/612/2004/09/27/AnotherPassAtHistory/ |date=2016-11-12 }} by Tufts University eNews on 27 September 2004. Accessed 2 January 2012.[https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/697859951.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+23%2C+2004&author=Kevin+Paul+Dupont%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&edition=&startpage=E.1&desc=GRIDIRON+GRIDLOCK+%3B+CITING+RESEARCH%2C+TUFTS+CLAIMS+FOOTBALL+HISTORY+IS+ON+ITS+SIDE Citing Research, Tufts Claims Football History is on its Side] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526014241/https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/697859951.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+23%2C+2004&author=Kevin+Paul+Dupont%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&edition=&startpage=E.1&desc=GRIDIRON+GRIDLOCK+%3B+CITING+RESEARCH%2C+TUFTS+CLAIMS+FOOTBALL+HISTORY+IS+ON+ITS+SIDE |date=2013-05-26 }} Boston Globe Article, 23 September 2004, Accessed 1 January 2012.
During the season there were other scheduled soccer matches scheduled that ended up being cancelled. A soccer game between the Virginia Military Institute and Washington & Lee University was scheduled for October 23, 1869, but the match was cancelled due to rain. There were intracollegiate matches played between student bodies at the University of Michigan, Brown University, and the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University).{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Melvin I. |title=Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1890/91 Season |date=November 6, 2008 |publisher=Smith Publishing |location=Bloomington, Indiana |isbn=9781434362469 |pages=53–54}}
Conference table
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|image1 = The first game rutgers targum nov 1869.jpg
|image2 = Birthplace of College football plaque (cropped).jpg
|footer = (Left): "The Foot-Ball Match", Chronicle of the first game at The Targum, Nov 1869;
(right): plaque on College Avenue on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University identifying the place where the game was played
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{{1869 college soccer records}}
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.phys.utk.edu/sorensen/cfr/cfr/Output/1869/CF_1869_Games.html Record of 2 games played]
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